DELTA: Documentação de estudos em lingüística teórica e aplicada is adressed to all areas of study
of language and speech, whether theoretical or applied. Only unpublished
contributions will be considered.

In addition, submissions must not have been simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

Submissions must fit into one of these categories: Article,
Debate, Squib, Overview (critical overview of the state of the art), Book
Note and Reviews.

Researchers from countries around the world are invited
to submit their papers which will be sent to two anonymous referees from
the Editorial Board. In the event of a
tie, a third review will be called. If necessary, an ad hoc referee
will be invited.

Contributions can be submitted in Portuguese, English, French,
Spanish or Italian.

Articles, Overviews, Debates are preceded by an abstract
not exceeding 150 words, in English and Portuguese. The abstract in research
papers should contain information about the problem, objective, theory,
methodology and findings. As for word processing software to be used and
general typing instructions see Guidelines for
submission.

The acceptance of papers by the journal entails the transference of the
copyright to the publishers.

There are no fees for submission and review articles.

Plagiarism Policy
"The Journal adopts plagtracker system for plagiarism identification."

Do not use endnotes, use only footnotes. These must be placed
at the bottom of the page, starting with number 1. Should there be a footnote
at the title, it must be marked with an asterisk (*) only. Footnotes should
not be used for bibliographical references.

References

References should be made in the text as follows: References
should be made within the text as in: Chomsky (1995:152)...; after a quotation
use: ...(Chomsky 1995:152); when it is not a quotation (cf.: Chomsky 1995:152).
Never use idem or idem, ibidem.

Start the list of references with the word REFERENCES. The
entries must be typed in alphabetical order and be single spaced. Type
5 dashes in the case of repeated authors. The format of the references
must follow the examples below:

Note to EndNote
users: If you want to use the EndNote
bibliography package to format your references, you should download
the DELTA
Output Style to automatically produce references in accordance with
the guidelines. Download
the file (31.1 KB) and save it to the Endnote Styles folder on your
computer, then select DELTA.ens as the desired output option in Endnote.

Tables, figures, etc.

Tables, charts, figures and trees must be sent within the
paper in their proper places. Use high definition graphics. Their titles
must be numbered with Roman numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) and capital letters
are used for initials.

Abstract / Resumo

Each submission must have two abstracts: one written in
English and another written in Portuguese, around 100 words each. They
must be typed in italics, introduced by the word ABSTRACT (for the English
version) and RESUMO (for the Portuguese version). It is advisable to have
them read by native speakers. After the English abstract, type 'Key words'
and list up to four key words; after the Portuguese abstract, type 'Palavras-chave'
and type up to four key words in Portuguese.

Appendices

Should there be any, after the references, preceded by the
word Appendix, in upper case. If long stretches of text from published
works are to be annexed, please provide camera ready copy as well as complete
bibliographical reference and permission from the publishers for reproduction.

DELTA keeps the copyright of the papers submitted
unless it officially withdraws this right on request. Papers submitted
are not to be witdrawn after the process of refereeing starts.